Tag: Thrash
Alestorm – Captain Morgan’s Revenge Review
Scottish pirate metal? Awesome. It’s been interesting to see Running Wild get some competition in the pirate metal realm over the past couple of years, first with U.S.-based Swashbuckle and now Alestorm. This is still …
Hayaino Daisuki – Headbanger’s Karaoke Club Dangerous Fire Review
Originally written by Erik Thomas. Synopsis: WOW. Imagine 3 Inches of Blood mixed with early Kreator, and Iron Maiden. On crack. Review: This short (14 minutes) but killer EP is four tracks of furious thrash, punk, black, death metal …
Nifelheim – Envoy Of Lucifer Review
Originally written by Sasha Horn Guilty as charged. Guilty as charged of making Metal into nearly flesh and blood. Talking about it like it’s my BFF. It can do no wrong by me. Unlike a significant other, or …
Testament – First Strike Still Deadly Review
Originally written by Brady Humbert. So, here we have the latest in what seems to be a stream of re-releases coming from the ass end of Testament’s catalog, consisting of the late 90s (Testament’s wild death metal …
Hellhammer – Demon Entrails Review
Some two decades and several thousand imitators later, Hellhammer exists outside of judgment or critique, not because they were really all that awesome, but because there’s a big disparity between their importance and their actual …
Annihilator – Metal Review
Why does the music industry hate Annihilator? I suppose having a lineup that is in a constant state of flux could make a label leery to extend a contract. Quality-wise they have been one of …
Byzantine – Oblivion Beckons Review
originally written by Jim Brandon …And They Shall Take Up Serpents was one of my favorite albums of 2005, and still gets fairly regular playing time to this day. One of the reasons I found …
Hellish Crossfire – Slaves Of The Burning Pentagram Review
Part 2 of my journey into retro-metal side-projects is Hellish Crossfire. (Part 1 was my Zwartketterij review, and I enjoyed that part of the trip, so let’s hope my luck holds up here.) Tracking down …